Shortly after her election as the youngest chief prosecutor in any major city, Mosby was assigned to investigate the death of Freddie Gray, a 25-year-old black man who died while in Baltimore police custody. Mosby <a href=&quot;http://www.stattorney.org/media-center/press-releases/731-marilyn-mosby-announces-indictments-of-the-six-baltimore-police-officers-involved-in-the-freddie-gray-arrest&quot;>announced charges</a> for six police officers in May, marking a dramatic change from how similar cases had been handled in other cities. While the legal proceedings are still ongoing, Mosby has become a folk hero of sorts, impressing the country with her tough, straightforward approach to the case.